30 October 2020
It seems there might not be life on Venus after all, say two new studies
... and microbes that don't require oxygen to thrive. For Venus, it almost certainly meant one thing.. Their analysis was ...phosphine, to the potential pathways of formation of PH3, to how life, if it was there, could have persisted aloft in the cloud ...
16 September 2020
Breakthrough Initiatives to fund a study into the possibility of aerial life in Venus' atmosphere
...investor and philanthropist Yuri Milner, are funding a research study into the possibility of primitive life in the clouds of Venus. The study is inspired by the discovery announced yesterday, of the gas phosphine, considered a potential biosignature...
30 June 2021
Life as we know it is not possible in Venus' clouds, new study says
... the claim or added further intrigue to the finding. But now, a new study measuring water concentration in Venus's atmosphere has concluded that life as we know it could not tolerate conditions among the planet’s sulphuric-laden clouds. For...
09 October 2020
BepiColombo could search for signs of life as it flybys Venus next week
Four weeks after the hugely exciting news that a gas associated with signs of life (PH3) had been spotted in the cloud tops of Venus, ESA’s BepiColombo mission might be able to add to this discovery as it makes its first flyby...
16 October 2020
BepiColombo’s first glimpse of Venus
...-and-white snapshots in 1024 x 1024 pixel resolution. Venus appears towards the left, close to the spacecraft structure.... Solar System, BepiColombo makes one flyby at Earth, two at Venus and six at Mercury to brake against the gravitational pull of ...
14 September 2020
Possible signs of microbial life found in Venus' atmosphere
... is excluded by our current understanding of phosphine chemistry in rocky planets' atmospheres. Confirming the existence of life on Venus's atmosphere would be a major breakthrough for astrobiology; thus, it is essential to follow-up on this exciting...
